no wonder we are getting fat

I just walked along our High Street, about 7 minutes in each direction, to get a few things (non food items). I'm a bit hungry, to say the least ...... so negotiating the 3 bakeries, 3 take-aways (kebab, pizza, fish and chips, all open), 3 cafes, 4 pubs (one has closed, it used to be 5), 1 supermarket and several (as in 5) shops selling cheap food - all chocolate bars, sweets, cake, cereal etc I passed n just that small journey WAS NOT EASY! There isn't one fruit and veg shop in town any more (unless you count the 3 supermarkets), I went fairly near the one remaining butcher. No fishmonger in town.

Its like "running the gauntlet" and yes, on some days its torture (the sheer variety of food smells defies description and I struggle with sweet stodge to this day) and no I didn't succumb. No wonder, as a nation, that we are getting so fat!!!

Gah! When I was pregnant I used to walk by a KFC every.single.day and it was soooooo tempting. Although those glow in the dark 8 legged chickens would never make it down my gullet, then or now.

It's true though, but when I am checking out at the supermarket with my chicken breast and salad greens right after a sprint and the person in front of me has coffee cakes, a loaf of bread, cereal, etc I do cry a little inside.

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when I am checking out at the supermarket with my chicken breast and salad greens right after a sprint and the person in front of me has coffee cakes, a loaf of bread, cereal, etc I do cry a little inside.

oh, so true, so true, I know that little hiccup of pain at the sight of those revoltingly bad but goodies. Some people don't crave - I am not one of them.

Even some of the food I thought was safe is now off-limits to me. I saw Q-doba's ingredients and just about cried. The pork is the only soy-free meat, etc. It definitely is a stark reminder that eating out is a POTENT 20% contributor. So we stopped going there - and we stopped reading the ingredients for the few places we have left to eat out at. Otherwise we'll have turned into cranky hermit-monks. Not that I don't entirely like the idea of being a cranky hermit-monk...

That and canola oil. Pick up a bag or box of frozen anything and it's contaminated with canola oil.

it's not so much a "food desert: as a sort of "slimy crap-food swamp" - well, that's in my area anyway. Problem is - I still find my senses react to the sight and smell of it all (bakeries especially). I can go out feeling fine and yet be suffering terrible cravings by the time I get back home. Those cravings last a long time too - I am STILL finding it hard to block it all out